SEC Football by the Numbers: Top 10 from Week 2

On the second Saturday of the 2018 season, SEC teams won eight of their 10 non-conference games and the first two league games were played, with Georgia defeating South Carolina 41-17 and Kentucky defeating Florida 27-16. Here are 10 numbers about the SEC's second-week games:

2 Georgia players were needed to complete a pick-six against South Carolina on Saturday. The opening touchdown in the Bulldogs' 41-17 victory came when CB Deandre Baker intercepted a pass at the Georgia 44-yard line to end South Carolina's first series of the game. Baker ran the interception back almost to the end zone, but he dropped the football just before he crossed the goal line. Although the game's officials seemed oblivious to what Baker had done, Georgia LB Juwan Taylor wasn't, and he picked up the football after it trickled into the end zone, preventing a controversy when the pylon-cam video showed Baker's goof. The game book shows Georgia's first touchdown was scored by Taylor on a zero-yard fumble recovery.

6 Rushing TDs were scored by Auburn in its 63-9 victory, and each was scored by a different player. QB Jarrett Stidham scored on a 6-yard run, RB Kam Martin on a 4-yard run, RB Anthony Schwartz on a 23-yard run, RB Harold Joiner and RB Shaun Shivers on 2-yard runs and RB Malik Miller scored on a 14-yard run. Miller's TD came on his only rushing attempt of the game.

16 Years since the previous time that LSU scored a touchdown on the last play of a half, which occurred again on Saturday when QB Joe Burrow threw a 40-yard TD pass to WR Stephen Sullivan as time ran out in the first half of the Tigers' 31-0 victory over Southeastern Louisiana. LSU's previous touchdown to end a half came on Nov. 9, 2002, when QB Marcus Randall threw a 74-yard pass to WR Devery Henderson on the final play to beat Kentucky 33-30 on what became known as the Bluegrass Miracle. Burrow's pass also was the last half-ending touchdown for LSU at Tiger Stadium since Tommy Hodson hit Tony Moss with a 2-yard throw to end the first half of a 57-6 victory over Ohio on Sept. 30, 1989.

33 Games have been played by Georgia on South Carolina's home field, and none of the previous 32 featured as many points for the Bulldogs as Saturday's contest. Georgia defeated the Gamecocks 41-7. The Bulldogs played in Columbia for the first time in 1894 and now hold a 21-10-2 advantage over South Carolina on the Gamecocks' field.

46 Seconds remained in Saturday's Clemson-Texas A&M game when Aggies WR Kendrick Rogers caught a 24-yard TD pass from QB Kellen Mond to cut the Tigers' lead to two points. Texas A&M sought to tie the game with a 2-point conversion, but Clemson intercepted the pass to escape with a victory. Texas A&M's previous possession ended when the Aggies fumbled the ball out of the end zone with 2:13 left to play. Texas A&M WR Quartney Davis was trying to stretch for the goal line to complete a 25-yard pass play when he lost the ball. Arkansas had a closer call and also lost. The Razorbacks, who had a 27-9 lead with 18 minutes left, lost to Colorado State 34-27 when Rams RB Izzy Matthews scored on a 1-yard run with eight seconds to play. There was a touchdown scored even later than Matthews' in the SEC on Saturday. Kentucky DB Davonte Robinson scored on a 30-yard fumble return as time ran out in the Wildcats' 27-16 victory over Florida.

93 Years since the previous time that Alabama had opened the season by scoring at least 50 points in each of its first two games, a feat repeated on Saturday. The Crimson Tide defeated Arkansas State 57-7 on Saturday after topping Louisville 51-14 on Sept. 1. In 1925, Alabama defeated Union 53-0 and Birmingham-Southern 50-7 in the first two games of an undefeated season. The Tide also started the 1902 and 1912 seasons with pair of 50-point games. Alabama has never scored at least 50 points in each of its first three games of a season. The Tide most recently scored at least 50 points in three consecutive games in 1945, when it beat Kentucky 60-19, Vanderbilt 71-0, Pensacola NAS 55-16 and Mississippi State 55-13 to complete an undefeated regular season.

117 Points were scored in Saturday's Southern Illinois-Ole Miss game -- the most in a non-overtime game involving an SEC team in the conference's history. The Rebels defeated the Salukis 76-41 even though they had an edge of only 17 yards of offense, outgaining Southern Illinois 646-629 in the game. The combined yardage was the eighth-most in a game involving an SEC team. The combined 117 points broke the SEC record of 116 in Texas A&M's 59-57 victory over Louisiana Tech in 2012. The only SEC game with more points is Arkansas' 71-63 victory over Kentucky in seven overtimes in 2003.

171 Receiving yards were recorded by WR Emanuel Hall in each of Missouri's first two games. On Saturday, Hall caught 10 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown in a 40-13 victory over Wyoming. On Sept. 1, Hall caught four passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns in a 51-14 victory over UT-Martin.

211 Rushing yards for Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill during the Bulldogs' 31-10 victory over Kansas State on Saturday. Hill's previous single-game rushing high was 82 yards against Ole Miss as a freshman last season. Hill recorded the ninth 200-yard rushing game in MSU history on 17 carries. The Bulldogs' most recent 200-yard game was the school-record 258 yards turned in during the 2016 Egg Bowl by QB Nick Fitzgerald, who ran for 159 yards against Kansas State. Hill became the third SEC player with a 200-yard game this season, joining Texas A&M RB Trayveon Williams, who had 240 yards in the Aggies' 59-7 victory over Northwestern State on Aug. 30, and Ole Miss RB Scottie Phillips, who had 204 yards in the Rebels' 47-27 victory over Texas Tech on Sept. 1.

11,620 Days for Florida without loss to Kentucky, a streak ended when the Wildcats beat the Gators 27-16 on Saturday for their first victory in the annual series since a 10-3 win on Nov. 15, 1986. Florida's 31 straight victories over Kentucky is the SEC record for consecutive wins against one opponent and the fourth-longest in major-college football history in an uninterrupted series. Saturday's victory was Kentucky's first in Gainesville since 1979 and first over a ranked Florida team since 1976. It also was the Wildcats' first road win over a ranked SEC opponent since Kentucky upended No. 21 LSU 39-36 in 1998.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.